Born in Liège in 1822, César Franck was originally intended by his father for a career as a virtuoso pianist. In Paris his nationality excluded him at first from the Conservatoire, where he eventually failed to achieve the necessary distinction as a performer, turning his attention rather to composition. In 1846 he left home and went to earn his living in Paris as a teacher and organist, winning particular fame in the second capacity at the newly built church of Ste Clotilde, with its Cavaillé-Coll organ. He drew to himself a loyal and devoted circle of pupils and in 1871 won some official recognition as the nominated successor of Benoist as organ professor at the Conservatoire. A man of gentle character, known to his pupils as ‘Pater seraphicus’, he exe...

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ARGERICH, Martha / BRAUNSTEIN, Guy: Romantic Take (A)
ARGERICH, Martha / BRAUNSTEIN, Guy: Romantic Take (A)
Composers: Franck, Cesar -- Kreisler, Fritz -- Prokofiev, Sergey -- Schumann, Robert
Artists: Argerich, Martha -- Braunstein, Guy
Label/Producer: EuroArts
ASHTON, F.: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand [Ballets] (Royal Ballet, 2017)
ASHTON, F.: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand [Ballets] (Royal Ballet, 2017)
Composers: Franck, Cesar -- Liszt, Franz -- Mendelssohn, Felix
Artists: Bolle, Roberto -- Clark, Robert -- London Oratory Junior Choir -- McRae, Steven -- Muntagirov, Vadim -- Nunez, Marianela -- Plasson, Emmanuel -- Royal Ballet, Covent Garden -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden -- Stobart, Paul -- Takada, Akane -- Yanowsky, Zenaida
Label/Producer: Opus Arte
CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN STRASBOURG (Equilbey)
CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN STRASBOURG (Equilbey)
Composers: Adam, Adolphe -- Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Bizet, Georges -- Buxtehude, Dieterich -- Franck, Cesar -- Gounod, Charles-Francois -- Gruber, Franz Xaver -- Handel, George Frideric -- Holmes, Augusta -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Pachelbel, Johann -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Traditional
Artists: Accentus Chamber Choir -- Breslik, Pavol -- Concerto Koln -- Equilbey, Laurence -- Piau, Sandrine -- Saraf, Aurelie -- Stutzmann, Nathalie -- Weisser, Johannes -- Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi)
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi)
Composers: Debussy, Claude -- Franck, Cesar
Artists: Piemontesi, Francesco -- Tetzlaff, Christian
Label/Producer: PARS Media
FRANCK, C.: Piano Quintet, M. 7: I. Molto moderato quasi lento (Masterclass with Menahem Pressler) (Grupo Albeniz de Prosegur)
FRANCK, C.: Piano Quintet, M. 7: I. Molto moderato quasi lento (Masterclass with Menahem Pressler) (Grupo Albeniz de Prosegur)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Brizuela Carballo, Paula -- Camara Ruiz, Hector -- Gornemann, Ivan -- Grupo Albeniz de Prosegur -- Pressler, Menahem -- Rameix, Javier -- Suarez Felipe, Luis Maria
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Piano Quintet, M. 7: III. Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco (Masterclass with Menahem Pressler) (Group Albeniz de Prosegur)
FRANCK, C.: Piano Quintet, M. 7: III. Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco (Masterclass with Menahem Pressler) (Group Albeniz de Prosegur)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Brizuela Carballo, Paula -- Camara Ruiz, Hector -- Gornemann, Ivan -- Grupo Albeniz de Prosegur -- Pressler, Menahem -- Rameix, Javier -- Suarez Felipe, Luis Maria
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Stradella (Opera Royal de Wallonie, 2012)
FRANCK, C.: Stradella (Opera Royal de Wallonie, 2012)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Arrivabeni, Paolo -- Chorus de L'Opera Royal de Wallonie -- Iovino, Giovanni -- Joakim, Roger -- Kabatu, Isabelle -- Laho, Marc -- Mechelen, Reinoud van -- Mignon, Patrick -- Orchestre de L'Opera Royal de Wallonie -- Rouillon, Philippe
Label/Producer: Dynamic
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (excerpts) (Masterclass with Genevieve Laurenceau) (Laurenceau, Burgan)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (excerpts) (Masterclass with Genevieve Laurenceau) (Laurenceau, Burgan)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Burgan, Hector -- Laurenceau, Genevieve
Label/Producer: DakApp
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (excerpts) (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Jegou-Sageman, Emi Munakata)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (excerpts) (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Jegou-Sageman, Emi Munakata)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Jegou-Sageman, Sarah -- Kavakos, Leonidas -- Munakata, Emi
Label/Producer: DakApp
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Taimina, Gladkov)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Taimina, Gladkov)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Gitlis, Ivry -- Gladkov, Vadim -- Taimina, Lasma
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Rimonda, Ai Motohashi)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Rimonda, Ai Motohashi)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Kavakos, Leonidas -- Motohashi, Ai -- Rimonda, Giulia Maria
Label/Producer: DakApp
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Taimina, Gladkov)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Taimina, Gladkov)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Fried, Miriam -- Gladkov, Vadim -- Taimina, Lasma
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (arr. for cello and piano) (Masterclass with Torleif Thedeen) (Sosnowska, Ortega Chavaldas)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (arr. for cello and piano) (Masterclass with Torleif Thedeen) (Sosnowska, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel -- Sosnowska, Zuzanna -- Thedeen, Torleif
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Genevieve Laurenceau) (Laurenceau, Vourch, Lambert
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Genevieve Laurenceau) (Laurenceau, Vourch, Lambert
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Lambert, Theodore -- Laurenceau, Genevieve -- Vourch, Brieuc
Label/Producer: DakApp
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Taimina, Gladkov)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Taimina, Gladkov)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Gitlis, Ivry -- Gladkov, Vadim -- Taimina, Lasma
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Taimina, Gladkov)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Taimina, Gladkov)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Fried, Miriam -- Gladkov, Vadim -- Taimina, Lasma
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Aznarez Maeztu, Gifford)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata: I. Allegretto ben moderato (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Aznarez Maeztu, Gifford)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Aznarez Maeztu, Javier -- Fried, Miriam -- Gifford, Duncan
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Aznarez Maeztu, Gifford)
FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata: II. Allegro (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Aznarez Maeztu, Gifford)
Composer: Franck, Cesar
Artists: Aznarez Maeztu, Javier -- Fried, Miriam -- Gifford, Duncan
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
GRAHAM, Susan: Live at the Verbier Festival (2009)
GRAHAM, Susan: Live at the Verbier Festival (2009)
Composers: Bachelet, Alfred -- Bizet, Georges -- Caplet, Andre -- Chabrier, Emmanuel -- Debussy, Claude -- Duparc, Henri -- Faure, Gabriel -- Franck, Cesar -- Hahn, Reynaldo -- Honegger, Arthur -- Poulenc, Francis -- Ravel, Maurice -- Rosenthal, Manuel -- Roussel, Albert -- Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Graham, Susan -- Martineau, Malcolm
Label/Producer: Ideale Audience
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Conunova-Dumortier, Alexandra
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Conunova-Dumortier, Alexandra
Composers: Chausson, Ernest -- Franck, Cesar -- Marino, Peter Francesco -- Penderecki, Krzysztof
Artists: Conunova-Dumortier, Alexandra -- Silva, Rohan de
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen